tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post8222977452023174955..comments2017-09-25T12:56:53.965-04:00Comments on The Daly Planet: SPEED Makes A Statement In DarlingtonDaly Planet Editorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-77122475123773178812011-03-15T01:49:51.773-04:002011-03-15T01:49:51.773-04:00Palmetto
Are you talking about what I call &quot;...Palmetto<br /><br />Are you talking about what I call &quot;hit &amp; run Tweets&quot;. Famous/celebs/sport types that Comment/Tweet only NEVER to respond to it or anybody else it seems? Or do you mean drivers that actually interact back &amp; forth. Many drivers have &#39;ghost tweeters&#39; which is obvious when they tweet during races! :-D Somebody POSTS as a driver but it&#39;s never really the driver. Then the ones that did do their own tweets, I got tired of their drama or non stop yammering over minutia...so one man&#39;s garbage is another man&#39;s gold &amp; all that. <br /><br />This is why I follow very few drivers. Either Ghost Tweeters or Hit &amp; Run types..but you just figure it out after awhile. <br /><br />You can always UNFOLLOW people that yap too much about personal stuff. BUT if the driver is interactive &amp; you can communicate with them, learning about their personal life can be fun...they share pics of kids, wife, pets, etc&#39; <br /><br />I for one am thrilled Max &amp; Tati Papis&#39; 3 missing cats were found alive &amp; well last wk. These two communicate with you on twitter about races &amp; pet/family stuff. <br /><br />Then again, do NOT follow too many writers or your twitter stream will be full of 85% DUPLICATED statements during the races.<br /><br />I use Twitter leanly for NASCAR these days...lost interest in the sport (as noted here) &amp; instead love the nearby city connections I&#39;ve found for news, weather, sports, food ideas, photo/computer tips.<br /><br />If you would&#39;ve told me 3 yrs ago when I signed up for Twitter I&#39;d been doing this (USING it and LOVING it) I would said you were crazy :) It&#39;s got something for EVERYBODY.<br /><br />re: SPEED!! Sorry I missed the Truck race ...Dvr&#39;d it and then DELETED it before realizing it was the Truck race. DUH. ONLY race that weekend. Not first time I&#39;ve accidentally deleted the wrong thing off the DVR but I wildly digress (DVR&#39;s need a recycle bin)Kicking myself after seeing the reviews. <br /><br /><br />But if we start saying how much we love the truck races, i look for things to get messed up. I remember a few races last year where things were shaky....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-8530091045873630772011-03-14T14:20:04.432-04:002011-03-14T14:20:04.432-04:00I find it very ironic that what we see on Speed no...I find it very ironic that what we see on Speed now is very similar to the way ESPN used to do races &quot;back in the day&quot;. There are some ominous portents for Speed&#39;s coverage with the upper managment changes that have happened. The one hope that we have is that the award winning Mr. Goldberg is out due to his personal excesses and maybe we will see some of this arrogance and ignoring the consumer start to be replaced with more of what the fans want to see instead of what the mutual admiration society at the top of FOX and ESPN thinks is the current state of the art.<br /><br />As a side note, it was very interesting to see how much better Kurt Busch was treated over on the drag racing scene and how much more comfortable he was on air over there then he is on Nascar broadcasts. Love him or hate him, you can&#39;t help but wonder if this doesn&#39;t highlight not only how tightly controlled things are in Nascar broadcasting, but have to wonder if it doesn&#39;t play a part in how uncomfortable most of the drivers seem on Nascar broadcast interviews, popular or not.old97fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-89448256619270487992011-03-14T12:49:17.807-04:002011-03-14T12:49:17.807-04:00Well said Gina V. I could also appreciate the truc...Well said Gina V. I could also appreciate the trucks alot more, but not as long as the Waltrips are in bed with David Hill or somebody. Even Larry Mac does a great job in the booth when he isn&#39;t trampled by the Waltrip&#39;s shilling and blather.Ziekenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-87703449504612832552011-03-14T03:35:02.135-04:002011-03-14T03:35:02.135-04:00JD...
I am painfully aware of all of those facts ...JD...<br /><br />I am painfully aware of all of those facts but thank you for bringing them up as I left that angle out in the name of brevity (as I still do try on occasion to not make everybody&#39;s eyes bleed from my usual lengthy comments).<br /><br />To clarify my point, perhaps I should say that it&#39;s more of the <em>spin</em> being given out on the ratings that they are up. Sadly, in today&#39;s world where far too many people take things at face value, that seems to be the buzz -- NASCAR is righting its ship and making a comeback as far as interest goes.<br /><br />You, I, and the other Planeteers know that is baloney. However, when I see how Fox and ESPN so often buy into their own spin of the facts, I still have my doubts that they are going to make any significant changes no matter how much we here laud Speed&#39;s truck series coverage and denigrate the confusing swill being churned out by NewsCorp and Disney.KoHoSohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457687879505057220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-9897979180403921572011-03-14T00:20:19.985-04:002011-03-14T00:20:19.985-04:00Terry,
The only reason I omitted Wendy is because...Terry,<br /><br />The only reason I omitted Wendy is because she does not work on the FOX, ESPN or TNT packages.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-84493837850597550272011-03-13T23:37:33.867-04:002011-03-13T23:37:33.867-04:00Sure do! Here is a list of those on Twitter. Steve...Sure do! Here is a list of those on Twitter. Steve Byrnes, Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR on FOX PR and Krista Voda for FOX.<br /><br />We have Allen Bestwick, Mike Massaro, Vince Welch, Jamie Little, Nicole Briscoe, Ryan McGee, Marty Smith and ESPN PR on Twitter as well.<br /><br />------------------------<br /><br />Wendi Venturini is also on Twitter.Terry Gnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-312450186967088432011-03-13T23:19:31.126-04:002011-03-13T23:19:31.126-04:00I&#39;ve been squeaking (like tweeting, but nobody...I&#39;ve been squeaking (like tweeting, but nobody listens) about the Fox/ESPN blather (I like Patti&#39;s cut of jib) on their broadcasts for a couple of years. the wide angle is the key to showing the race. Close-in, bumper, driver, and animal shots cover up the racing. Racing is, by definition, a contest BETWEEN CARS. Not showing two or more cars is not showing the race. NASCAR is gonna find themselves without an audience if they don&#39;t start setting standards for the TV coverage. SPEED didn&#39;t set any new marks with their truck show, but they DO show how to do a broadcast properly and consistentlyMoe Foenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-46647656030296134612011-03-13T20:41:35.782-04:002011-03-13T20:41:35.782-04:00The Trucks on SPEED broadcast was great. The reaso...The Trucks on SPEED broadcast was great. The reason is because they haven&#39;t sold the entire show to sponsors like FOX. If a sponsor came through and offered millions to have their name and logo plastered all over the screen I can guarantee you that SPEED would be as bad as FOX. Money talks and FOX has taken every cent because being the top series they can charge a higher price. The Trucks broadcast can&#39;t bring in those major dollars so you only get minimal sponsored mentions. The lack of in-car video is because they haven&#39;t sold that package to a sponsor. The lack of ZOOM CAM is also missing for the same reason. I can&#39;t even name the major sponsors on most trucks by memory. What does that tell you? I can name almost every car sponsor in CUP easily. If the ratings for Trucks ever skyrockets then we&#39;ll be in trouble.cdhnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-45342280644323902432011-03-13T17:50:31.684-04:002011-03-13T17:50:31.684-04:00In an article by Erik Swanson on sportsbusinesdail...In an article by Erik Swanson on sportsbusinesdaily.com dated 1/28/11, SPEED Exec VP, Patti Wheeler, was asked: &quot;What can TV do to help bring the sport back?&quot;<br /><br />Her reply: &quot;I personally started my Anti-Blather 2011 campaign. What I mean by that is we need to dig deeper. Asking how your car is or asking what do you think you&#39;re gonna do for the Daytona 500 is going to result in blather, most of the time. So I&#39;m literally getting a sign made for my office and I&#39;m considering making T-shirts that are Anti-Blather. So everybody working around me understands that it&#39;s no longer good enough to just ask the same stupid questions.&quot;<br /><br />Well said.<br /><br />This lady is a sharp tack. Hopefully, sooner rather than later, an even greater opportunity for her will open up at FOX or ESPN.<br /><br />Looks like the NCWTS on SPEED will indeed be the program of choice for fans of the less is more style of race coverage.<br /><br />Now if only nascar.com could add some live timing to RaceBuddy . . .longtimeracefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03867593056745774242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-77580317746545999692011-03-13T16:50:32.404-04:002011-03-13T16:50:32.404-04:00KoHoSo,
Don&#39;t be confused when networks use t...KoHoSo,<br /><br />Don&#39;t be confused when networks use the catch phrase &quot;ratings are up.&quot; <br /><br />Last year we had the Winter Olympics up against the early races and the NASCAR ratings were horrible.<br /><br />This year there is no such problem so the NASCAR ratings are back to being just plain low.<br /><br />The only thing that will return the hardcore fans is to change the TV presentation since there is no alternative.<br /><br />If FOX tries the same old in-car and close-ups it could be a very long Sunday.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-14048543747767633072011-03-13T16:42:27.391-04:002011-03-13T16:42:27.391-04:00For all the complaints to the networks about the c...For all the complaints to the networks about the coverage it is like talking to the wall. To have any real effect would entail something that no one will do, that is to redirect the complaints and any actions to the sponsors. If enough people would complain and quit using sponsor products, that would make a difference.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-796351864355843192011-03-13T16:40:07.623-04:002011-03-13T16:40:07.623-04:00Mr. Daly, I believe this is without question your ...Mr. Daly, I believe this is without question your finest piece of work ever placed on this blog.<br /><br />The only thing I can add is that I do not see Fox and ESPN stepping up to the &quot;challenge&quot; (as you put it) of Speed. On Fox, ratings are up and ol&#39; DW just got a contract extension so there is no obvious motivation for change there. For both channels, they obviously have a completely different agenda; one where <i>they</i> want to decide what fans should care about instead of simply presenting the story of a sporting event.<br /><br />This whole situation makes me think of those old <i>Highlights</i> magazines that seemingly used to be in every doctor&#39;s office and, specifically, the <i>Goofus &amp; Gallant</i> cartoons. Speed and TNT are Gallant while Fox and ESPN are Goofus...and it appears that the latter will be eternally so just like the cartoon until that glorious day comes when a channel that gives a flying rat&#39;s you-know-what about NASCAR gets the contracts for the Cup and NNS series.KoHoSohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00457687879505057220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-17533035986967472262011-03-13T16:25:40.189-04:002011-03-13T16:25:40.189-04:00NASCARtheoldway,
Sure do! Here is a list of those...NASCARtheoldway,<br /><br />Sure do! Here is a list of those on Twitter. Steve Byrnes, Darrell Waltrip, NASCAR on FOX PR and Krista Voda for FOX.<br /><br />We have Allen Bestwick, Mike Massaro, Vince Welch, Jamie Little, Nicole Briscoe, Ryan McGee, Marty Smith and ESPN PR on Twitter as well.<br /><br />Expanding every day, it&#39;s the place to be and it&#39;s totally portable and free. Phone, laptop, desktop or iPad.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-87357198743779747972011-03-13T16:11:58.541-04:002011-03-13T16:11:58.541-04:00Excellent post JD. I second everything you wrote w...Excellent post JD. I second everything you wrote with one little difference - I prefer when it&#39;s just Rick and Phil in the booth.<br /><br />I had to catch the race on Tivo and never fast-forwarded through the cautions.<br /><br />I hope everyone connected with SPEED&#39;s coverage every week understands how much we enjoy and appreciate their hard work and dedication.<br /><br />As for those in charge at FOX and ESPN as well as the thin-skinned hosts at Sirius NASCAR Radio the next time you cry about how critical JD and the commentators here are and how we couldn&#39;t possibly understand how to produce race coverage save this article and read it daily.<br /><br />Learn it. Know it. Live it.bevohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07186936436307739896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-83690833093182447382011-03-13T15:51:50.445-04:002011-03-13T15:51:50.445-04:00SPEED&#39;s race coverage was great. I hope how th...SPEED&#39;s race coverage was great. I hope how they showed the finish catches on. Why do we have to see the crew and/or WAG? I&#39;d be OK with seeing them on replay. <br /><br />The one thing I dislike about SPEED is the ticker. Way too hard to read. Other than that, I&#39;m happy with them.Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15701502016993312530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-86458114281187356232011-03-13T15:51:24.227-04:002011-03-13T15:51:24.227-04:00Great coverage by Speed.Let me add the time interv...Great coverage by Speed.Let me add the time interval was on screen the whole race.Thats something Fox has been unwilling to do for 10+ years.Someone at Speed knows how to cover a race.Perhaps that person could go across the street and show Digger and his colleagues how to do the job.kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17159932210176283918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-46792478789765954042011-03-13T15:44:17.719-04:002011-03-13T15:44:17.719-04:00IMO Speed provides the best coverage of NASCAR rac...IMO Speed provides the best coverage of NASCAR racing on TV. I sat in my living room on Saturday and saw the race - I didn&#39;t mute the TV, I didn&#39;t have to resort to using my computer to follow the race - I enjoyed the race coverage.<br /><br />Larry McReynolds stepped in on Saturday and meshed easily with the regular team. For me, one of the big pluses of the coverage yesterday was the ABSENCE of anyone named Waltrip in the booth. When they are there, both insist that they ARE the show, instead of the race, its one of the reasons that I&#39;m not a regular viewer for the trucks.<br /><br />I&#39;d love to see the Speed production crew do the Cup races on Fox. They could give the Fox crew lessons and we wouldn&#39;t get a disjointed - &quot;what the heck is going on now&quot; - broadcast.GinaV24https://www.blogger.com/profile/10828669350024430018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-2625769574228508902011-03-13T15:33:54.807-04:002011-03-13T15:33:54.807-04:00JD
Do you also Tweet with the FOX/TNT/ESPN Direct...JD<br /><br />Do you also Tweet with the FOX/TNT/ESPN Directors, Producers, and Crew Members?NASCARtheoldwaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-46318315142074493732011-03-13T15:00:31.995-04:002011-03-13T15:00:31.995-04:00Palmetto, just click on who I follow and that will...Palmetto, just click on who I follow and that will give you a good list to start. <br /><br />There are many tracks, teams, sponsors and media folks who offer great links and pics.Daly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-74482206111024720302011-03-13T14:53:08.088-04:002011-03-13T14:53:08.088-04:00Hey everybody
Speed made a huge statement at Darl...Hey everybody<br /><br />Speed made a huge statement at Darlington that is for sure. <br /><br />Wide shots. Seeing all the cars finish. No constant bouncing of in-car cameras. Enjoyable viewing.<br /><br />Fox &amp; ESPN can follow those simple things to satisfy teir viewers but i know they won&#39;t. They only care about money.<br /><br />JD, you don&#39;t know how much I thank for this site. I have made many friends here. I know sometimes i can be a pain in the butt but i love you guys and love to give opinions.<br /><br />Thanks for giving us a place to vent and give our side of the story. Hope the momentum of Speed at darlington keeps up all season.saltsburgtrojanfannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-27272332125625306432011-03-13T14:21:30.704-04:002011-03-13T14:21:30.704-04:00JD, I&#39;ve been highly skeptical of Twitter. Pa...JD, I&#39;ve been highly skeptical of Twitter. Part of the reason is I have trouble finding people who don&#39;t post more about their personal lives than their professional ones. I realize many people are interested in what Driver A says he had for dinner or where Announcer B had airport problems, but I&#39;m not one of them. When I do find someone worth following, I inevitably find their blog has more detailed content and is more informative (kinda like your blog here!)<br /><br />(This isn&#39;t a NASCAR-specific issue for me. As a computer support professional, I haven&#39;t found anyone worth following in that area either.)<br /><br />With that in mind, can you recommend who to follow?Palmettonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-46874919405612573822011-03-13T13:07:24.541-04:002011-03-13T13:07:24.541-04:00NASCARtheoldway,
Twitter is loaded with pics, lin...NASCARtheoldway,<br /><br />Twitter is loaded with pics, links and direct conversation with NASCAR drivers, teams and media members.<br /><br />You can go to twitter.com/thedalyplanet to check my account.<br /><br />I urge every NASCAR fan who uses online technology to sign-up (it&#39;s free) and use Twitter for NASCAR news and information.<br /><br />During the truck series race from Darlington, Rick Allen was tweeting from the TV booth. Also Krista Voda, Hermie Sadler and Ray Dunlap are on Twitter. <br /><br />We TV folks also have fun with the SPEED truck series director, producer and several crew members interacting with fans and sending pics from the TV compound and inside the TV trucks.<br /><br />Rick Allen sent the picture we used on the live blog during the rehearsal time for the trucks at Darlington.<br /><br />JDDaly Planet Editorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13834588435004023666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-67273995325758557752011-03-13T12:53:52.723-04:002011-03-13T12:53:52.723-04:00I like Mikey on the Truck races. He is a fan. Most...I like Mikey on the Truck races. He is a fan. Most people who watch the truck races are knowledgeable fans. The best TV race crew for me in recent times was Mikey and Alan Bestwick on a Nationwide race. It was like they were sitting on the sofa with me and we were enjoying the race together. Fox/Sprint is trying to pick up the not-so-knowledgeable but we have Raceview to keep up with everything.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-61170476623158794592011-03-13T12:32:34.122-04:002011-03-13T12:32:34.122-04:00TDP
Question: How/Where do you get your Pre-Race P...TDP<br />Question: How/Where do you get your Pre-Race Photos of the Booth Announcers before they get on the air each weekendd?<br /><br />ThanksNASCARtheoldwaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2080132098367510832.post-38348051307240651822011-03-13T12:16:45.827-04:002011-03-13T12:16:45.827-04:00The race coverage on Speed was really great. I ...The race coverage on Speed was really great. I truly enjoyed the enthusiasm of the guys up in the booth. I wish that Fox and ESPN could do that. I enjoy Mike Joy, he is great, DW can be, he needs to think a little before he yells. I really enjoy Andy Petree and DJ on ESPN, but need to have Alan in the booth calling the race. Also need to get rid of Rusty and Brad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com